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Table 3 Regression coefficients and variance partition coefficients for school and neighbourhood for models - reception year

From: Understanding local ethnic inequalities in childhood BMI through cross-sectional analysis of routinely collected local data

 

Girls

Boys

Null model

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

Null model

Model 1 a

Model 2 b

FIXED EFFECTS

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

White British (reference)

0.34 [0.31,0.37]

0.41 [0.38,0.45]

0.29 [0.21,0.38]

0.36 [0.32,0.39]

0.43 [0.39,0.46]

0.38 [0.30,0.47]

Ethnicity

 

Coefficients

Coefficients

 

Coefficients

Coefficients

 White other

 

−0.16 [−0.23,-0.08] P < 0.001

−0.15 [−0.23,-0.07]

P < 0.001

 

−0.14 [−0.21,-0.06]

P < 0.001

− 0.13 [− 0.21,-0.05]

P < 0.001

 Mixed ethnicity

 

−0.11 [− 0.18,-0.03]

P = 0.002

−0.11 [− 0.18,-0.04]

P = 0.001

 

−0.07 [− 0.15,0.00]

P = 0.034

− 0.08 [− 0.15,-0.00]

P = 0.019

 Indian

 

− 0.47 [− 0.54,-0.41]

P < 0.001

− 0.47 [− 0.54,-0.41]

P < 0.001

 

− 0.53 [− 0.60,-0.46]

P < 0.001

−0.53 [− 0.60,-0.46]

P < 0.001

 Pakistani

 

−0.30 [− 0.39,-0.21]

P < 0.001

−0.32 [− 0.40,-0.23]

P < 0.001

 

− 0.43 [− 0.52,-0.35]

P < 0.001

−0.45 [− 0.53,-0.36]

P < 0.001

 Bangladeshi

 

−0.14 [− 0.28,0.01]

P = 0.031

−0.16 [− 0.30,-0.01]

P = 0.016

 

− 0.15 [− 0.30,0.00]

P = 0.025

−0.17 [− 0.33,-0.02]

P = 0.014

 Other Asian backgrounds

 

−0.28 [− 0.38,-0.19]

P < 0.001

−0.29 [− 0.38,-0.20]

P < 0.001

 

− 0.22 [− 0.32,-0.13]

P < 0.001

−0.23 [− 0.32,-0.13]

P < 0.001

 Black Caribbean

 

0.08 [−0.12,0.28]

P = 0.216

0.07 [− 0.13,0.26]

P = 0.257

 

0.01 [− 0.18,0.20]

P = 0.486

− 0.01 [− 0.20,0.18]

P = 0.465

 Black African

 

0.12 [0.06,0.19]

P < 0.001

0.11 [0.04,0.17]

P < 0.001

 

0.18 [0.11,0.25]

P < 0.001

0.17 [0.10,0.24]

P < 0.001

 Other Black Backgrounds

 

0.14 [− 0.03,0.30]

P = 0.053

0.12 [− 0.04,0.29]

P = 0.07

 

−0.02 [− 0.20,0.15]

P = 0.408

− 0.02 [− 0.20,0.15]

P = 0.392

 Chinese

 

−0.34 [− 0.60,-0.09]

P = 0.002

−0.33 [− 0.58,-0.08]

P = 0.005

 

−0.48 [− 0.77,-0.20]

P < 0.001

−0.46 [− 0.75,-0.18]

P = 0.002

 Any other ethnic group

 

−0.14 [− 0.29,0.01]

P = 0.033

−0.15 [− 0.30,− 0.01]

P = 0.022

 

0.07 [− 0.10,0.23]

P = 0.214

0.06 [− 0.10,0.22]

P = 0.231

Child covariates

  

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

  

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

 Year of measurement

  

-0.01 [−0.02,-0.01]

P = 0.001

  

−0.02 [− 0.03,-0.01]

P < 0.001

School and neighbourhood covariates

  

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

  

Coefficient [95% credible intervals]

 Neighbourhood IMD decile

  

0.03 [0.02,0.04]

P < 0.001

  

0.02 [0.01,0.03]

P < 0.001

RANDOM EFFECTS

Decomposition of variance

% variance

% variance

% variance

% variance

% variance

% variance

 School level VPC

1.4%

1.1%

0.7%

1.4%

0.8%

0.7%

Neighbourhood level VPC

0.6%

0.4%

0.3%

0.4%

0.3%

0.3%

 Child level VPC

98.0%

98.5%

99.0%

98.2%

98.9%

99.0%

MODEL FIT

DIC

DIC

DIC

DIC

DIC

DIC

 Bayesian DIC

40,438

40,179

40,161

44,696

44,379

44,357

Observations

13,828

13,828

13,828

14,579

14,579

14,579

  1. aModel 1 = Ethnicity only; bModel 2 = ethnicity + year of measurement + neighbourhood IMD